Primary bond market

As California announced its plans to fund infrastructure and cut its interest costs, Hawaii and the Los Angeles MTA tapped the primary market.

The University of Michigan plans to sell $225 million of bonds that will include taxable and tax-exempt debt, with bonds structured with a put option in the mix.

California announced its big spring borrowing schedule as Hawaii and and the Los Angeles MTA came to market.

Washington state and Hawaii kicked off action in the primary market on Tuesday.

Washington state highlighted primary market action with the sale of $640 million of general obligation bonds.

The podcast series moves on location to The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference on New York, where Alan Rubin of Blank Rome and Michael Imber of EisnerAmper weigh in on resilience financing and pension funding, respectively. Paul Burton hosts.

The municipal bond market is in good shape ahead of this week’s $7.2 billion new issue slate.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger at midday ahead of the week's attractively sized new issue slate.

Attention in the municipal bond market turns westward as some of the week's biggest deals will be coming from Hawaii, Washington state and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buyers will see the biggest issuance week of the year as $7.2 billion of deals will hit the screens.

The San Diego-area system is issuing municipal debt to fund its acquisition of for-profit Northcentral University.

Municipal primary volume will surge to $7.2 billion in the week of Feb. 4 from a revised total of $3.8 billion the previous week.

Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will surge to $7.2 billion from a revised total of $3.8 billion this week.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was unchanged from 4.11% the week before.

The N.Y. Metropolitan Transportation Authority sold over $1 billion of securities Thursday as munis ended stronger.

Municipal bond issuance was not much changed from the start of 2018, marking the second year in a row volume got off to a slow start.

The Hawaii finance team doesn’t expect the market’s volatility to hamper buyer interest.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority sold over $1 billion of securities Thursday.

Munis spent most of the day in a defensive stance as the Fed met to decide the course of monetary policy.

The MTA, amid political debate over funding and control, intends to sell $500 million of transportation revenue bonds and $750 million of BANs.

The Federal Open Market Committee is set to announce its decision on interest rates this afternoon.